Brief Life History of Maryann
When Maryann Burns was born on 13 September 1859, in Valley Falls, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, her father, Patrick Burns, was 22 and her mother, Mary Ann Carroll, was 24. She married Patrick Francis Driscoll on 19 September 1882, in Lord's Bridge, Sprague, New London, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Sprague, New London, Connecticut, United States in 1880 and Jewett City, Griswold, New London, Connecticut, United States for about 20 years. She died on 8 February 1928, in Griswold, New London, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Saint Marys Cemetery, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States.
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- Mary A Burns in household of Agness Carroll, "United States Census, 1860"
- Mary A. Burns, "Connecticut Marriages, 1640-1939"
- Mary A. Burns in entry for Timothy J. Driscoll and Mary A. Mcnelly, "Connecticut, Marriages, 1630-1997"
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1862 · US Naval Academy
The US Naval Academy was moved to Newport, Rhode Island from its original in Annapolis, Maryland on May 9, 1862.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
Scottish (central Scotland and northern England): habitational name from any of various places called formerly Burnis, Burnes, or Burnhouse (named with burn- ‘stream’), especially those in Kincardineshire, Renfrewshire, Dunbartonshire, and possibly Argyll.
English and Scottish: variant either of Burn , with post-medieval excrescent -s, or of Barnes .
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Broin (see Byrne ), with excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Audio Interview of Descendants of Hannora (DRISCOLL) BOYLAN (LTW4-475) and Patrick F DRISCOLL (L7NF-762) - by R W DRISCOLL (LQRK-WP6) 9/28/1981.
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